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Suit Blames Media for Sexualizing "Toddlers & Tiaras" Star

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Watching this video, it seems pretty clear to me that Susanna Barrett had no qualms letting her daughter,Toddlers & Tiaras star Isabella, sing along to “Sexy and I Know it.” And with her nudges and lyric help, Barrett seems to be encouraging her 5-year-old daughter to sing and dance along to a song whose lyrics are, “I got passion in pants and I ain’t afraid to show it. I’m sexy and I know it.”

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While I personally feel Barrett is the sole person to blame for “sexualizing” her own daughter and that she should take a serious look at her own parenting skills, Barrett believes otherwise. She’s pointing the finger at the various media outlets that posted the video online for promoting a sexual image of her daughter.

Forget that her own daughter called another contestant on the show a “hooker.” Forget that her own daughter gets spray tanned on the show. No, its not Barrett’s fault she claims…it’s the fault of TMZ, Huffington Post and The Daily Mail. And now she’s slapping them with a $30 million lawsuit for allegedly placing Isabella in “serious physical danger” by “attracting the attention of others who would seek to sexualize a child.” Hmm, Susanna, didn’t you think putting your daughter on the show in the first place would attract this unwanted attention?

When TMZ first posted the video they described it as a “nightclub appearance” where Isabella is “singing songs about her sex appeal.” Barrett clarifies it was a pet-friendly charity event at 7:19 pm. While TMZ may have fudged that fact, I seriously question Barrett’s claims that this was TMZ’s “brazen attempt to sexualize” Isabella. Isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black!

I hope the judge calls Barrett out on her own game when this case heads to court. She needs to stop placing the blame on others and start changing her own parenting habits. 

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Kathy K 26 pts

She was on Dr. Phil the other day with the mother of the little girl who Barrett's daughter referred to as a "hooker". This was the little girl who was dressed as Julia Roberts from Pretty Woman. Anyway, Barrett was the "victim" and she was quick to point her finger at other people. Whenever she was called on something, she would start yelling and talking over everyone else. This woman has mental issues. I hope the judge throws this out and rips her a new one.

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Trans_Topia
Trans_Topia

boba blogher BlogHerPop how is the media responsible for puttin her in pagents w those hooker dresses&5lbs of makeup? I think not

Boba
Boba

Trans_Topia blogher BlogHerPop I don't think the media is responsible either. The parents set the girls on this course.

SabrinaEnaya
SabrinaEnaya

blogher BlogHerPop Parents can't monitor their children when child is 22, but when they're 2? Uh, THAT'S YOUR ONLY JOB AND YOU MUST EXCEL.

SabrinaEnaya
SabrinaEnaya

blogher BlogHerPop Media don't just look at a preschooler and scream FUTURE METH HEAD! Caretakers responsible for child's image, safety.

SabrinaEnaya
SabrinaEnaya

blogher BlogHerPop No one can "sexualize" your child unless you put your child in a compromising position.

SabrinaEnaya
SabrinaEnaya

blogher BlogHerPop Toddler "princesses" will grow up to have a false sense of self.

SabrinaEnaya
SabrinaEnaya

blogher BlogHerPop I blame parents. Specifically moms. Most dads sort of come along for ride. We're in dire need of female role models.

melwedde
melwedde

the818 media? Or their parents & the pageant industry?

AngryWorkingMom
AngryWorkingMom

blogher BlogHerPop OMG! Grab a book on parenting lady...no one could re-post what you put out there if ummm you never did it! AWFUL!!

BlogHer
BlogHer

AngryWorkingMom You and I? Agree. -Momo

AngryWorkingMom
AngryWorkingMom

blogher YES! I don't see how you blame someone who repost what you put on National TV..?? Did TMZ dress her up 2? What planet are you on?